EastCoast50 Posted September 15, 2021 Member ID: 25026 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 111 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 534 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 1029 Achievement Points: 7157 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 9 Joined: 09/13/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: Monday at 05:32 PM Device: Windows Posted September 15, 2021 Besides being a cop for three decades, I worked in volunteer fire-rescue/EMS during half of that same time period. There is a saying in fire-rescue ... "walk with a purpose". In other words, don't run. Walk swiftly and be capable to perform your task. Well ... it was right before I became a lieutenant I believe ... working house fire. We showed up -- fire showing -- and in full gear started to run up to the front door to make entry. That's when I Peter Griffin'd out on the front lawn. Tripped over something. I was rolling around in the front yard like Randy from the movie A Christmas Story. Full gear ... turnouts, SCBA ... Somebody helped me up off of the lawn and we did our thing. I was a complete idiot. Only later was I taught "walk with a purpose" ... move fast, but cautious. Get the job done and do it right. Life lessons. I'll never forget it. The same thing applies to ALL of us in life. Get it right the first time ... lives depend on it, including your own. major-mark63, TBB and Dot80 3 Awards
EastCoast50 Posted September 15, 2021 Member ID: 25026 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 111 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 534 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 1029 Achievement Points: 7157 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 9 Joined: 09/13/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: Monday at 05:32 PM Device: Windows Author Posted September 15, 2021 Awards
Smeggie Posted September 15, 2021 Member ID: 24118 Group: + COD4 Moderator Followers: 26 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1184 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 2240 Achievement Points: 11037 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 02/19/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: 11 hours ago Birthday: 01/23/1962 Device: Windows Posted September 15, 2021 10 hours ago, EastCoast50 said: Besides being a cop for three decades, I worked in volunteer fire-rescue/EMS during half of that same time period. There is a saying in fire-rescue ... "walk with a purpose". In other words, don't run. Walk swiftly and be capable to perform your task. Well ... it was right before I became a lieutenant I believe ... working house fire. We showed up -- fire showing -- and in full gear started to run up to the front door to make entry. That's when I Peter Griffin'd out on the front lawn. Tripped over something. I was rolling around in the front yard like Randy from the movie A Christmas Story. Full gear ... turnouts, SCBA ... Somebody helped me up off of the lawn and we did our thing. I was a complete idiot. Only later was I taught "walk with a purpose" ... move fast, but cautious. Get the job done and do it right. Life lessons. I'll never forget it. The same thing applies to ALL of us in life. Get it right the first time ... lives depend on it, including your own. Hahaha been there done that! So many funny stories from the fire ground. EastCoast50 1 Awards
Smeggie Posted September 15, 2021 Member ID: 24118 Group: + COD4 Moderator Followers: 26 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1184 Content Per Day: 0.35 Reputation: 2240 Achievement Points: 11037 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 02/19/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: 11 hours ago Birthday: 01/23/1962 Device: Windows Posted September 15, 2021 One of the first house fires I was on, my Lieutenant and I were pulling a 1 3/4" line to what appeared to be a kitchen fire We scooted down the hall and hooked into the kitchen area. Tons of heat but we couldn't find the fire. Crew in the walkout basement found the fire so we began to pull out of the kitchen and help with secondary search. LT stood up and fell through the floor right where he stood. Fire had dug a hole through the floor. He fell about a foot and a half and ended up landing on top of the refrigerator in the basement, standing up. Fortunately the crew had a knock on the fire and that refrigerator was there. We laugh our butts off about it now, but that could have been a really bad situation. EastCoast50 and major-mark63 2 Awards
Dot80 Posted September 15, 2021 Member ID: 2128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1516 Content Per Day: 0.29 Reputation: 1664 Achievement Points: 26116 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 01/15/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 18 minutes ago Birthday: 12/06/1955 Device: Windows Posted September 15, 2021 God Bless You. My son is a fireman he has been for 20 years. he is now a Assistant Chief. Smeggie 1 Awards
TBB Posted September 15, 2021 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 290 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 20365 Content Per Day: 3.64 Reputation: 22447 Achievement Points: 147247 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 389 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Posted September 15, 2021 I got it right the first time - I was born an >IDIOT< Awards
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